"Ben Nunn" wrote in message

Unless I'm very much mistaken, it was Richard J.
), in message
who said:
Paul Terry wrote:
In message , John Rowland
writes

Are you sure Hatton Cross is cut-and-cover? It's quite deep, and
there would be no obvious reason to cover it.

I'm not sure it is very deep, is it? I recall just stairs down to
the platforms - not even an escalator.

Yes, there are 33 steps down to the platforms, which have flat
ceilings and are evidently cut-and-cover. The "obvious reason to
cover it" is that the exit from the bus station and the airport
perimeter road are on top of it.


I've always wondered just who uses Hatton cross.

With the exception of staff working in the immediate area, anyone
going to the airport would surely use the two 'terminal' stations,
and aside from an under-occupied industrial estate there's not a lot
in the area on the non-airport side.

The only time in my life that I've used the station was as a pick-up
point on my world-record attempt, having just been around the
Heathrow loop.

Presumably there are a lot of airline staff who use it, plus those picking
up buses to go to/from local hotels, etc. Doesn't the airport run a free
bus service from there?